So, apparently, the first quarantine phase has ended. I hope that you, like me, successfully passed the adaptation after experiencing anxiety and confusion in the face of an unknown future. And the second phase is what @anomadsoul wrote about in his post - challenges and goal. Let's talk a little about it.
Challenges
Any female worker during quarantine faced one, possibly unusual, occupation - all sorts of household activity. Explore, sort, discard, and then clean, wash, and simultaneously make the husband throw out or repair.
But these obvious activities are far from the main problem. Real men can safely skip this paragraph. New challenges of a modern girl or woman: at home, you need to learn how to care for your nails, hair, face and the rest of the body. Oh yes, you already know what I mean - removing complex chemical layering on the nails, managing with long hair, eyelashes, brows, coloring and cutting. But this list may not be complete, as you may need treatment that your cosmetologist usually does to maintain your ideal body in the perfect state. By the way, I really miss my massage...
Quarantine has changed my sustainable livelihoods. My husband and I went to work every day, at the weekend we walked in nature, or traveled, or met with friends, or visited our mothers and daughter. I never liked staying at home. In the daily hustle and bustle, I did not have time to look out the window, except to monitor the free parking spaces in the courtyard and look at the sky before going out. Now I notice a lot of interesting things, and my observations over time turned into stories.
I live in an apartment building. Residents from a neighboring house recently got the cutest dog, and every morning I loved to watch how the little lady "fights" with her pet, and the dog stubbornly refuses to be educated. However, since the restriction on leaving the house was introduced, I have already noticed four different people walking with the dog. Hmmm, they weren't joking...
It also turned out that my neighbors have a piano. Their daughter decided to remember music lessons. Every day, just at the time I have my daily online meeting, she starts her exercises. Sometimes she sings. I can testify that she is doing better every day. From gammas, she has moved to simple tunes.
The old gentleman, the owner of the oldest car in the area, is very superstitious. He never approaches to his vehicle from the front. And I do not blame him.
Besides, I love to watch people wear masks. Someone under the chin, someone on the ear, someone under the nose. Wrong but creative.
Okay, now about
Goals
I want to warn you right away - I don’t dream of changing my profession or acquiring a skill that will never be useful to me, Yeah, I am a realist, besides a skilled one.
Before quarantine, I tried to go to the gym 3 times a week. Now my new challenge and goal is to practice regularly at home.
In the office, I can not always fully concentrate on work, since we are sitting in the open space. Now I’m alone all day, and my work has become more productive. In addition, I have time for self-learning. And I do plan to finish reading 2 books that are relevant to my work.
The news on TV is mostly bad and axious. Watching movies doesn’t help much, but the book is another story. I ordered 2 books by my favorite authors. One of them is a collection of short stories by famous Ukrainian bloggers. The proceeds from the sale go to the aid of our soldiers, who defend and hold the Ukrainian border in the East. Also, in connection with this, I had time to finally sort out some political issues (me and politics - sounds weird). And I think now I know to whom I will give my vote in the next parliamentary elections.
Another important goal is ... to carry out a full treatment for me. In my previous life, I never have enough time for myself.
At last, my husband and I have got free time for our mothers. Mine is too far away, but now I often talk to her, almost every day. So she does not feel socially isolated, and she goes outside less often without real need (I hope so). Nick's mother lives 45 km from our home, and he can visit her more often, sometimes brings some groceries and drugs.
Another secret desire is that we can finally clean up the barn. I don’t know why, Nick has been postponing the service for the removal of old rubbish and garbage for almost a year. But step by step, day by day we can do it ourselves. It would be really wonderful!
Quarantine is a temporary thing. Shall I become another person? I don't think so. But things will change, that's for sure. Take care of your self. Be wise, stay calm. And please, stay home.
I was looking for one single word: "boring", but you didn't write the word that many people answer when you ask them how it feels to be isolated for such a long time. That's good, dear @zirochka, you have much to do and you say your work is even more productive than in the office. I believe that, because I have experienced that myself ;)
So, I would say stick to your title and "don't go crazy", but I am sure that won't be a problem for you, because you are a very busy and positive thinking lady 😉
Happy Easter and stay safe and healthy, my dear.
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Hello, dear Johann and thank you for your time to read my long texting )
Yes, all except boring. I think that only staying l in bed can be boring. Besides, I still work. By the way, the dark side of wfh is that you come to work earlier and leave later 😁 Today was my first day at office for 4 last weeks. And it passed to quickly that I cant believe. Live runs so fast (((
Do you have a day off today in your country?
Hello dear @zirochka,
half of our office works one week and the next week the other half of the staff works. I have had the past week free and tomorrow I'll go to work (Easter Monday is a holiday here).
I have lost my motivation to go outside and have only been two times outside of the apartment last week. But I do some photography experiments indoors though ;)
That's true - at the moment the time seems to run faster even though it is more boring most times. Tomorrow at the office will run as fast as your day today I think - I'll have enough to do because I don't think my colleagues have done much of my work - I don't mind though ;)
Oh, why? You mean, because of the danger?
Oh no, I'm not scared, but I am still not used of the whole situation and that I cannot go anywhere when I want, and all in all it is kind of boring ;)
Ha, this is it ))) The word 😁
I suppose today it was not boring at all for you, thanks to your colleagues ;) My day was all fault
Yes, I know that this is the main reason ;) lol
5 minutes coffee break, that was all I had today, but the day has gone so very fast :)
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